Description |
xiii, 398 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
The city. Tenochtitlan : the public image -- Local perspectives -- Roles. Victims -- Warriors, priests and merchants -- The masculine self discovered -- Wives -- Mothers -- The female being revealed -- The sacred. Aesthetics -- Ritual : the world transformed, the world revealed -- The city destroyed. Defeat -- Epilogue. |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 365-387. |
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Includes index. |
Subject |
Aztecs -- Social life and customs.
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Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Indexed Term |
Aztecs |
ISBN |
0521400937 hardback |
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